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Greater Antillean elaenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species:
E. fallax
Binomial name
Elaenia fallax
Sclater, 1861
Subspecies

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The Greater Antillean elaenia (Elaenia fallax) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found on Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are currently recognized. As they have deep genetic divergence and differing vocalizations, they may be candidates for future species splits:[2]

  • E. f. fallaxSclater, 1861: found in Jamaica
  • E. f. cherrieiCory, 1895: found in Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Elaenia fallax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ IOC v.6.3
  • Raffaele, Herbert; James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele (2003) Birds of the West Indies, Christopher Helm, London.